Participation in a Mock Trial requires students to research and intellectually engage with important current topics that are selected for Mock Trial cases.
For example, this year it might be a cyber-harassment case for a particular state. And for a national competition,it might be a civil case concerning the competing rights of indigenous peoples to use and enjoy their lands without interference, and those of the owners and operators of uranium mines who depend on mining to provide income, jobs and reasonably-priced nuclear energy.
Mock Trial team members must be able to develop and draw on deep understandings of the issues of the case in order to "think on their feet" as they listen to arguments from the other side and quickly find meaningful approaches that will best defend and extend their own case.
A student's time in Mt. SAC's classes and programs is relatively fleeting and should be structured wisely to best focus on learning and preparing students for early careers. Our faculty are confident that time spent learning about important issues of the day and their history, preparing both sides of a case well, and then competing in mock court is learning time well spent. With this year's competition we are even more confident of the place Mock Trial will have in our range of programs to support student learning. We also know that with Mock Trial competition, we are extending opportunities for students to learn grace, poise, collaboration, leadership, public speaking and etiquette through court room procedure. In preparation for future careers and life, these abilities are also not small accomplishments.
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